After the conference we attended the Maritime Museum of San Diego which turned out to be an amazing experience. The museum has an impreseive flotilla including:
- Star of India, 1863 merchant bark
- Berkeley, 1898 ferryboat from the San Francisco Bay area
- Californian, 1984 replica of 1847 cutter C.W. Lawrence and official tall ship of the state of California
- Medea, 1904 steam yacht that served in both World Wars
- Pilot, 1914 harbor pilot boat
- HMS Surprise, a 1970 replica of a Royal Navy frigate. Surprise was used in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World The ship also made an appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as HMS Providence.
- B-39, Soviet Foxtrot class submarine
- USS Dolphin, diesel-electric submarine launched in 1968 and decommissioned in 2007
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Awesome restaurant we found in downtown San Diego, Searsucker
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A navy cruiser passes by the hotel
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Chillin at the pool
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The Berkeley ferryboat
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On board the USS Dolphin American submarine
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Command centre on the USS Dolphin
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The Medea steam yacht built in 1904
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Old outboards
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The big sub, a B-39 Soviet Foxtrot class submarine
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The beautiful Star of India built in 1863
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On board the Russian B-39, in the torpedo room
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Captains chamber in the B-39
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My friend Eric in the ‘can’ on the B-39
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Dive! Dive! Dive!
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The HMS Surprise used in the film Master and Commander
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B-39
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The amazing Star of India ship
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We had a couple beers after the museum 🙂
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